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Follow Please follow the instructions provided below steps to perform Column Design.

Table 1: Column Design Lines

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Go Navigate to the Column Design Line from within the spreadsheet."

Vertical The vertical and stirrup rebar data are displayed , entered for each column in the stories section, will be displayed on the CAD side.

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BDS can The Building Design Suite (BDS) has the capability to automatically design all columns automatically.
Or or rebar data can be manually assigned manually for each column.

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Go Navigate to the Column Schedule under General at within the same speadsheetspreadsheet.

Set Once there, please set the "Analysis Result Source" as indicated in the figure.

(Please be aware that the minimum design requirements will also change depending on the selected Analysis source.)

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Click “Design Columns” the "Design Columns" button.

After Once the design process is completedcomplete, the cells of the designed columns will turn green.

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Click “Verify All” the "Verify All" button.

According to code check, after "After the "Verify" process is completed, the cells of the "Passed" columns cell columns that pass the code check will appear as green."

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Click “Showing DC” the "Showing DC" button.

The values shown displayed in the cells will give the Demand capacity to Capacity ratio of for the relevant respective column.

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To make custom assignments to columns or To manually enter the rebar values for a specific column, go navigate to the corresponding column.

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Go to C1 column under Column Design line from tree view.

Click “Column Design Line Data” and select “Axial Force Moment Design”.

Enter the data as shown on the screen.
Rebar: #5
Rebar Along Width: 5
Rebars Along Depth: 2

"Rebar Count" and "Reinforcement Ratio %" values have changed as a result of the entered values

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Column C1 must be verified again due to the entered values.

Click “Verify All” button.

If the Design State cell is "Passed" for all stories, the design is complete.

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Click "Interaction Diagram" button and select 4th Floor for C1 column on CAD side.

Also, click the "Show" button in the spreadsheet to see the "Detailed Report".

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The “Column Design Line” part is completed in this step.

You can proceed to the “Circular “Rectangular Column Design” section.